Soil-Survey Reports and Archaeological Investigations
- 20 January 1966
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 31 (3Part1) , 419-422
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2694746
Abstract
Most soil-survey reports published since about 1957 by the Soil Conservation Service portray the soils data on a series of photomap base sheets generally at a scale of 1:20,000. Since all or portions of many of the 203 counties for which the reports are available lack detailed topographic maps, the soil-survey reports help alleviate this deficiency and also provide an economical source of aerial photos for use in archaeological surveys. Moreover, the soil-survey data presented in the photomaps often provide valuable clues to the locations of sites and should not be overlooked in survey work.Keywords
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